EMULATE

a. v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] "A most emulate pride." Shak.

2.
v.

To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great. Thine eye would emulate the diamond. Shak.

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